The demonstrators are demanding that a civilian government be installed in a country that has had military rulers for most of its 63-hear history.

The transitional military council says it will work closely with the demonstrators led by the Sudan Professionals Association.

It’s invited the protestors to name a civilian prime minister.

The council is also seeking international support for its coup, saying it was undertaken as a reformist move to secure national order and security.

Sudan faces exclusion from the African Union which red-cards any unconstitutional change of government.

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He’s one of five African Presidents who’ll address the African Union/ European Union summit in the Ivorean capital.

More than 80 countries are represented at the summit in Abidjan today marking ten years of  this closer cooperation between the neighbouring continents.

President Jacob Zuma will lead the discussion on African security where funding from the United Nations and the European Union to peacekeeping mission is being cut.

Zuma will acknowledge Africa’s commitment to pay a quarter of the bill.

But he’ll urge the UN to accept its primary responsibility in these operations and to act more quickly in putting out the fires than endanger regional peace and security.

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